After Christmas

This week is going to be a balance of getting ready for class and reading, hopefully some creative stuff and a bit of reorganizing and cleaning.

A was good to get me books that were on either end of my book list - newer additions and ones that are getting dusty from being there so long. Although I am reading Cokie Roberts's Founding Mothers, I just had to begin the long-awaited Mourning Raga, the very last Ellis Peters volume I wanted to acquire. A claims they scoured Charing Cross looking for it but ended up getting it on Amazon. We both feel that Amazon is OK, but the greater charm is browsing and finding a book on a shelf to page through and savor, and greet as a long-awaited friend.

Only one volume for my Robert but he has been fascinated by the possibilities that lie within the pages of Forbidden Legos. ;-)

I think we are going to ship the new bookcase to the kids. I don't think R & I are up to another road trip to Minneapolis right now, and a UPS bill is considerably less pricey than the road trip.

I am already preparing my shopping list to Powells next month. Qualifying items must be used, hard-to-find or tuned to my own book aesthetic. You know what that is - the subject, often the author, the writing style, even the the type and layout and cover (yes, you can judge a book) all contribute to that aesthetic that sense of what you will enjoy.